Nicholas Christopher-Hayes

Nick Christopher-Hayes

Graduate Student

  • Psychology Graduate Group
  • Major Professor: Simona Ghetti

Research Description

Nicholas’ research interests primarily focus on the neural correlates of relational memory and attention. Specifically, he wants to better understand how these systems change and interact across the lifespan. To accomplish this, he believes it is important to understand their trajectories during development and aging, both typically and under the constraints of divergent neurological or chronic health conditions.  He is training to combine neuropsychological, neuroimaging, eye-tracking, and other scientific methods as investigative tools to pursue these research questions.

Education and Degree(s)
  • PhD, Psychology, University of California, Davis 2021 – PRESENT
  • BA, Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 2011 – 2015
Honors and Awards
  • 2022 – 2023 Investigating Hippocampal Contribution to Memory Development in Healthy Children and Children with Chronic Asthma, Learning-Memory-Plasticity (LaMP) Program, NIH T32 MH112507 ($54,000), Role: Doctoral Student Trainee
  • 2022 Linking Chronic Asthma to Memory Impairments in Children, UC Davis Memory and Plasticity (MAP) Program ($25,000), PI: Simona Ghetti, Role: Doctoral Student Researcher
  • 2015 Support for Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) ($1,500), University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee